Trek bikes: latest reviews, news and buying advice

Trek Bikes is a popular American bicycle and product manufacturer. Trek produces a huge range of road bikes, mountain bikes, e-bikes, women's bikes and hybrids, many of which are regularly seen at the very top level of professional competition. If you’re considering a Trek bike, check here for all the latest news and reviews.

Trek bikes: a brief history

Trek Bikes was founded in 1976 and started out producing steel touring frames in a small shed in Waterloo, Wisconsin (where the brand remains based to this day). Its first mountain bike debuted in 1983, with its first carbon fibre models appearing a few years later. Come the 1990s, Trek expanded into the hybrid bikes and kids’ bikes market.

Trek has also been at the forefront of female-friendly bike design, introducing Women's Specific Design bikes and accessories in 2000, and has long supported women's cycling.

Trek Bikes 2019 range

Trek has a large range of models available for riders of all ages and abilities, from kids' starter bikes to aero road bikes, gravel bikes, triathlon bikes, trail bikes, e-bikes, downhill bikes, hybrids and pretty much any other sub-genre you can think of.

Trek 2019 road bikes

In terms of Trek road bikes, there's the Madone aero race platform, the lightweight Émonda, and the endurance-focused Domane with IsoSpeed decoupler for a smoother ride.

Trek's cyclocross range includes the carbon-framed Boone and Boone Disc, and the alloy-framed Crockett. There's also the Checkpoint, with a tire clearance up to 44c and stranglehold dropouts to extend the wheelbase for some light touring.

Trek triathlon bikes and TT bikes are covered by the Speed Concept platform, available UCI-legal for time trialists, or fully kitted out for Ironman races with hydration storage, energy gel lockers and aero fairings.

The Trek cross-country MTB range includes the Topfuel full-susser, the Superfly alloy hardtail 29er and the Procaliber carbon-framed hardtail. Trek's downhill bike platform is the Session.

Trek also produces a range of electric mountain bikes called the Powerfly, available in both hardtail and full-suspension and for men and women.

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Other Trek bikes for 2019

Finally, Trek's city bike range includes the FX models, which promise the speed of a drop bar road bike with the comfort of a flat bar city bike, the CrossRip drop bar commuter and a number of e-bikes including the Conduit+, the Neko+ and the Dual Sport+.

Where can you buy Trek bikes?

Trek bikes are available in 90 countries worldwide from a huge network, which includes 1,700 retailers in North America alone.